Penholder



(Nb Model.) I

B. P. MOCOLLOM.

PENHOLDER.

110,522,482. Patented July 3, 1894.

HV VE N 7019 v BY M r ATTORNEYS.

'Ngrrn TATES EDWIN PgM oCOLLOM, or DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 522,482, dated July 3,1894.

Application filed November 20, 1893. Serial No. 49114 3- (No model.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN P. McOoLLoM, of David City, in the county ofButler and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Penholders, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

' My invention is an improved pen holder having for an object to providesimple means whereby the pen may be conveniently discharged from theholder without soiling thev hands, wherebythe pen may be convenientlyincased and put in the pocket when not in use and whereby the fingerhold may be adj usted with respect to the'pen point and theinvention hasfor further objects other improvements and consists in the novelconstructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter describedand pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a side view of my pen holder the pen beingin position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the casing sleeve beingshown in'sectioi'rand the pen being adjusted back into the sleeve so theholder can be carried in the pocket. Fig. 3 is a cross section on aboutline 33 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a side view showing the holderpushed forward to position to receive or discharge .a pen, and Fig. 5 isa detail view of the holder proper.

The pen holder consists of the holder proper A and the sleeve B. Theholder proper A is preferably formed of a rod or bar of metal and isprovided with a compressible pen clamp and with a spring whereby theholder proper is held in any desired adjustment in the sleeve. Nowmanifestly this clamp and spring may be efiected in various ways, but itis preferred to make the holder proper as shown in which it is bent toform the compressible pen clamp and the spring by which the holder issecured in any adjustment within the sleeve. In so bending the holderproper I form it with the return or intermediate wing 1, the bend 2 atthe end of said wing 1 aiding in forming the spring by which the holderis held in the sleeve. The outer wing 3 is bent and extended forwardfrom the rear end of the wing 1 and is separated sufiiciently from wing1 to receive a pen freely between them; The seat so formed for the penmay be rounded or concaved or the holder proper form thereat what may betermed a head which slides in the sleeve and may be set at difierentpoints therein enabling the adjustment of the pen entirely within thesleeve or with its point any desired distance beyond the sleeve. Tofacilitate the entrance of 'the said head into the sleeve and also toenable the shank 4 of the holder to be set centrally between the sidesof said head I form a bend 5 at the union. of said shank with the headsuch bend forming aninclined guide which aids in guiding the head intothe open end of the sleeve. When the head is pushed forward out of thesleeve the pen may be readily inserted or displaced when rusted orcorroded.

- The sleeve B which may be of metal, gutta percha, wood, or othersuitable material is provided centrally in its rear end with acontracted opening through which the holder shank protrudes. This holdershank may be provided with graduations to serve as a meas- .ure and forruling purposes and its extrembe flattened and sharpened to serve as aneraser as will be understood from Fig. 2. A suitable protecting tip Cmay be applied to the extremity of the shank as shown in Fig. 1 and suchtip may be shaped to suit either form of end as will be readilyunderstood' It will be noticed that the barrel of the sleeve B is ofuniform size throughout so that the drawing vof the head and penentirely .within it does not injure the tension of the said head.

Having thus described my invention, what Patent, is

1. An improved pen holder consisting of the holder proper formed of arod having a head provided with the intermediate and re- I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters turn wings having the pen seat betweenthem 7 and the sleeve sliding upon said head and adapted to incase thesame and compress it to clamp the pen all substantially as set forth.

2. An improved pen holder having a compressible pen clamp and a casingsleeve in which said holder slides and by which its clamp is compressedsuch sleeve being sufficiently long to permit the incasing of the pentherein when not in use substantially as set forth.

3. An improved pen holder having a sleeve and a holder proper sliding inthe said sleeve and having its end formed to provide a spring by whichthe holder may be held in the sleeve substantially as set forth.

4. An improved pen holder having a holder proper having the two lappedsections forming the pen clamp and the spring and the sleeve fittingupon said holder proper substantially as set forth.

5. A pen holder having its holder proper bent from a rod or bar of metalforming the rearwardly projected intermediate Wing and set forth.

EDWIN P. MCCOLLOM. Witnesses:

R. M. McCoLLoM, FRANK E. DIEFENDORF.

